Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Charles Kuralt spends the Fourth of July at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello home in Virginia and meets Afghan immigrant Shah Wali Abdi, who is on the verge of achieving his dream of becoming a U.S. citizen.

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